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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 10:31 AM) I just don't know how people can buy whatever KW is selling. He had is first story he gave the press. Sale, whether you think he is crazy or not, said KW gave them 3 stories, and the Nightengale story was yet another different version. So there is 5 nor even counting whether buckets story is anything, but that would make it bucket #6 officially Bozo's Circus. I don't buy what KW is selling any more than I buy what AL is selling. I think they are both full of crap and telling half truths to make themselves look better. I would love for KW to be fired for many reasons that don't include kicking Drake out of the clubhouse (but if that's the reason, I'll take it). But I also think that if AL had any sort of real, enforceable agreement... he'd be enforcing it.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Mar 19, 2016 -> 09:28 AM) I'm not a big fan of KW but it does appear as though he took one for the team here. The complaining players and coaches would probably feel like assholes if they approached a father to complain about the father's son, I would too. Also, it seems like the complainers didn't want to cause an uproar in the clubhouse and upset the chemistry between the players so they anonymously went to KW about Drake. At this point, what is KW supposed to do? Take the side of one player and his son or take the side of multiple players/coaches? Tough spot for KW and I wouldn't want to have to make that decision. One sticking point for me is the percieved "lying" KW did to the players. According to LaRoche's own words, he would handle the situation if any players, coaches or managers had a problem with all the time Drake spent with the team. Well, last I knew, KW is a manager. He approached LaRoche about the subject to which LaRoche ignored it for an additional 3-4 days. LaRoche doesn't sound as though he tried to help the situation one bit when he ignored the request of the manager. Apparently it was LaRoche's way or the highway, he chose the highway. In the end I feel everyone involved could have handled this better. 1) KW should have kept his cool the second time he went to LaRoche 2) LaRoche should have at least tried to scale things back after the first talk with KW. He should have adhered to his end of the agreement ( according to his own statement) instead of the my way or the highway nonsense. Typical fight or flight response, bye bye birdy. Go ahead and and go home, Eric Cartman. 3) Sale should have kept his big mouth shut about a clubhouse issue instead of whining to the media in an effort to pled someone's case for them. 4) Eaton, same as Sale. Eaton should reconsider the amount of time he spends on Twitter. Interesting how all of his tweets from Thursday were deleted. 5) Maybe the complaining players/coaches should have tried talking to LaRoche first, although I can see how that would be difficult to do. Tough spot but if the kid being around that often bothers them that much then maybe, in hindsight, it would have been the best first step instead of going to KW. Exactly. Most people on this thread seem to want to pick a side and make an argument out of it. That seems a little like picking your favorite turd and trying to sell its benefits.

Williams, LaRoche, and Sale... Tell me to pick one, I'd pick Sale hands down. Tell me I can pick two? That's ok, I'll just hang on to Sale.

QUOTE (heirdog @ Mar 18, 2016 -> 03:19 PM) Borrowing from Occam's Razor where the simplest explanation is likely the most plausible, here is what probably happened: Rick Hahn, the smartest man in the room, decided he would kill 2 birds with one stone. He set up Kenny to fall on the sword by playing on his emotions about players thinking he is weak. He also wanted LaRoche out of here and knew the only thing to send him packing would be the son angle. So Rick decided to go to Kenny and float "no player will say it but they don't like having Drake around" and "they wish you, Kenny, would step in but he don't think you have the guts to". Knowing Kenny would create a maelstrom and personalize the issue to himself...which now he can't revert back from, Rick will soon have full GM power and $13 million to spend on a championship roster. I don't think this is really the simplest explanation, but it is my favorite theory so far. Not because I think it is right but because I just love the idea of Rick Hahn setting up Kenny to take the fall.

Wedding Gown. Only worn twice. Gotta read the description.

Wow, talk about a thread hijack. Is this even the same thread anymore. To answer ChiSoxy's question, I think a Christian is required to forgive if the person is seeking forgiveness. So I answered "Depends".

There is a list of all the things you can tell him to do here.

No frickin' way. LDF, how's it goin' my man?

Did it come with your computer? If so the company you bought the computer from might be able to help.

It wasn't meant as a criticism of people watching the movie, it was meant as a criticism of the movie itself.

Happy Birthday RPS, wherever you are.

I hate to jump on the Ozzie band wagon too soon but from the looks of it this season is going to be a lot of fung... I mean fun.

In the beginning of the movie it showed Jesus praying, knowing what he was going to have to go through, that he wouldn't have to bear the burden. The movie showed satan planting thoughts of doubt in Jesus' mind. A serpent then came from satan's body toward Jesus. Jesus stood up as he finished praying and crushed the head of the serpent. As I said on the other thread, it seemed pretty clear in the context of the movie that it was symbolism for Jesus crusing the doubts planted by satan.

It seemed pretty clear to me in the context of the movie that Jesus crushing the head of the serpent was symbolism for him crushing the doubts put in his head by satan.

I saw the movie this morning. I came away with several questions in my mind about what was scriptural and what was not (I am NOT a biblical scholar). I spent the afternoon taking turns with my wife reading the four gospels out loud, the parts that are covered in the movie anyway. I found scriptural basis for most of the things I had questions about. There are definetly things that are added and exaggerated. I won't bore anybody listing all the little things like Peter not actually hearing the cock crow in the movie. I think there are three major discrpancies in the movie from what I see. First, the movie overplays the amount to which Pilot agonizes over Jesus' fate and flat out makes up much of the material that involves his wife. Second, the amount of time spent focused on the scourging in the movie is out of whack with the scriptures in my opinion. Thirdly, the destruction of the temple rather than just the tearing of the curtain at the end is just plain wrong. I don't think this is a great movie, 3 out of five stars if I had to say. I personally think the movie has the wrong focus and would have liked to have seen a little more time spent on explaining why the Jews and the Romans wanted him put to death in the first place. More than five seconds on the ressurection and it's implicatins would have been nice too. I don't think the move was anti-semetic though. Jews and Romans were portrayed as responsible to an equal extent (at least, the Roman soldiers were down right sadistic in places). It seems clear to me from the scriptures that both the Romans and the Jews were motivated in their actions only by selfishness -- extreme CYA if you will. Spending too much time deciding whether the Romans or the Jews were responsible for Jesus' Crucifixion is ignoring the whole point anyway. I think the bottom line is this; you are going to come out of this move with an amplified version of what you went in with. If you go in with the attitude expecting to watch a mysterious figure go through the signs of the cross, you'll get it. If you expect to get a better understanding of what your personal savior did for you, you will get it. If you go in with an analytical mind, you will come away with more questions. If you come in a chip on your sholder you will very likely come away feeling as if someone has tried to knock it off. As we all know anything times zero is zero. My suspicion is that a non-christian with nothing invested in the movie will come away with nothing. I think that is sad. Overall I'd say don't believe the hype, not one way or the other. This is just a movie. Not a bad one, not a good one. Just... a movie.